Morethia

Morethia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Morethia
Gray, 1845
Species

8 species, see text

Morethia is a skink genus of the order Squamata, commonly called Morethia skinks or firetail skinks, found in Australia.

Species

Listed alphabetically by specific name.[1]

  • Morethia adelaidensis (W. Peters, 1874) – saltbush Morethia skink
  • Morethia boulengeri (Ogilby, 1890) – Boulenger's skink, south-eastern Morethia skink
  • Morethia butleri (Storr, 1963) – woodland Morethia skink
  • Morethia lineoocellata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – west coast Morethia skink, western pale-flecked Morethia
  • Morethia obscura Storr, 1972 – shrubland Morethia skink
  • Morethia ruficauda (Lucas & C. Frost, 1895) – lined firetail skink
  • Morethia storri Greer, 1980 – top end firetail skink
  • Morethia taeniopleura (W. Peters, 1874) – north-eastern firetail skink, fire-tailed skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Morethia.

Etymology

The specific names, butleri and storri, are in honor of two Australians: naturalist William Henry "Harry" Butler, and herpetologist Glen Milton Storr, respectively.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Morethia. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Morethia butleri, p. 44; Morethia storri, p. 256).

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Morethia, new genus, p. 65).


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